Jan 25 This Week on the Hill Speaker of the House John Boehner addresses the 113th Congress in the Capitol. Photo by Reuters/Kevin Lamarque. It was a busy week on Capitol Hill. Barack Obama was sworn in twice for his second term as president (once ceremonially… Continue reading
Jan 25 Senate Approves Bipartisan Filibuster Reform, but Changes Are Modest The U.S. Capitol Building. Photo by Mallory Benedict for PBS NewsHour. The filibuster, with almost all of its procedural warts and bumps, survives. Democratic senators failed Wednesday to end the power of their minority party colleagues to halt… Continue reading
Jan 25 Gwen's Take | Eight Rows Back: The GOP's Murky Path Forward Monday morning in Washington was a chilly place to be if you were a man who imagined you might have been the one facing a Supreme Court justice with your right hand raised. GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan,… Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch News Wrap: Obama Chooses Foreign Policy Adviser for New Chief of Staff In other news Friday, President Obama selected his foreign policy advisor Denis McDonough to replace Jack Lew as White House chief of staff. Meanwhile the Defense Department began eliminating 46,000 Pentagon jobs held by temporary civilian workers, in response to… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch Vice President Biden Finds New Venue to Talk Up Proposed Actions on Gun Violence Vice President Biden Finds New Venue to Talk Up Proposed Actions on Gun Violence… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch Confirmation Hearings Begin for Secretary of State Nominee Sen. John Kerry Confirmation Hearings Begin for Secretary of State Nominee Sen. John Kerry… Continue watching
Jan 24 Biden: Limit on Magazine Rounds a Bigger Priority In a Google Plus hangout Thursday moderated by the NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan, Vice President Joe Biden addressed many issues about gun safety, from an assault weapons ban and background checks to armed guards in schools and mental health resources. Continue reading
Jan 24 Live Chat: Gwen Ifill Answers Your Questions Join correspondent Gwen Ifill for a live chat, hosted by PBS' Washington Week Thursday at 12 p.m. ET. On the table: all things politics. Chat with Gwen Ifill of Washington Week and the PBS NewsHour… Continue reading
Jan 24 John Kerry Sails Through Senators' Questions at Confirmation Hearing By Larisa Epatko Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., President Obama's choice for secretary of state, answered a range of questions from Iran's nuclear program to opportunities in Latin America at his confirmation hearing Thursday, but the theme clearly was how he would build upon… Continue reading
Jan 24 Battle Over Gun Legislation Heats Up One Million Moms for Gun Control, a group formed after the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., marches across the Brooklyn Bridge on Monday. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Not even a week into President Obama's second term, the… Continue reading